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Boxer Charles L. "Sonny" Liston was born in St. Francis County, Arkansas on May 8, 1932. (There is some speculation about his year of birth, but most sources state sometime from 1929 to 1932.) The son of tenant farmer Tobey Liston and his second wife, Helen, Liston was the 24th of his father's 25 children. Along with his many siblings, Liston ...
Sonny Liston. Sonny Liston in 1968. Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (May 8, 1932 – December 30, 1970) was an American boxer. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1962 to 1964. He was a boxer who was disliked by much of the public because of his criminal history and rumored association with organized crime characters.
Sonny Liston was one of the most feared and dominant heavyweight boxers of his time. Although his career was marred with controversy and speculation, his in-ring performances were undeniably impressive. Over 20 years of professional boxing, he fought a total of 54 times, winning 50 of them with 39 of those wins coming by way of knockout.
Sonny Liston’s story began with a lonely bus ride in 1944. Sonny was one of 25 children of a sharecropper in Arkansas. At age 12, after selling a bag of pecans for bus fare, he left for St. Louis, betting on a brighter future. But according to Sonny’s trainer, Johnny Tocco, once there, his path led to prison:
30. prosinca 1970. Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (St. Francis County, Arkansas, 8. svibnja 1932. – Las Vegas, Nevada, 30. prosinca 1970. ), američki boksač, svjetski prvak u teškoj kategoriji od 1962. do 1964. U ringu je ostao upamćen po izuzetno snažnim udarcima i agresivnosti, a izvan ringa po uskoj povezanosti s kriminalnim miljeom.
Feb 26, 2019 · How Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) shocked the world by beating Sonny Liston in 1964 and became the heavyweight champion of the world - The Guardian.
